Posted on 02/11/2011 9:07:37 AM PST by HMS Surprise
Asking Sarah Palin to avoid using military references while commenting on the politics of the day is like asking Robocop to let a parking ticket slide. The bottomline: It ain’t happening.
So, taking my cue from ‘Cuda I will now proceed to walk a zig-zag trail through the minefield.
Carl von Clausewitz (not Sarah Palin!) said famously ”War is a mere continuation of politics by other means.” Quotes like that of Clausewitz didn’t establish the paradigm, they revealed it. As it turns out avoiding bellicose terminology is nearly impossible, which our current President knows only too well. His most memorable quote might end up being, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” Change indeed.
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Does it have a pool and Brazilian churrascaria?
RULES people!
Can’t lie, I had to google “churrascaria” (sp) to respond. Uh, no. But I’m sure there is a nice slice of moose-backstrap on the spit and an ice-cold mountain stream that you lounge in for a second or two.
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